Nightsurfer: There are three grave errors in this game. First it is Black who blunders: After 4.Bxc6?!? dxc6 5.Nxe5 ... please see the diagram as follows ... click for larger view... Black misses the chance of immediately winning back his lost Pawn by 5.... Qd4! (6.Qh5+?! g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxg6+ Kd8, and it is doubtful whether the three Pawns plus that attacking position by White Queen are worth a piece) but meekly plays 5. ... Nf6? ... and should be punished by the loss of that game. But then it is White who blunders: He tries out the creative idea of an "exchange" by 8.Nxc6? ... please see the diagram as follows ...  click for larger view... with the vision of 8.... bxc6 9.e5! ... - and hopefully winning back the piece due to that fork - but losing the piece instead after 9....Nd5! 10.exd6 Nxf4 11.Qf3?!? Qxd6 And, to make things worse - but funny as well! - , White stumbles into a situation that makes him overlook that after 17.Nc4? ... please see the diagram as follows ...  click for larger view... the ghost of lovely, but treacherous <"ANASTASIA"> and her dreaded <"CHECKMATE"> will haunt him forever ... ... since Black gladly answers 17.... Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Qxh2+!, and now, by facing the notorious <"CHECKMATE of ANASTASIA"> (the latter dancing on to its <210th jubilee> on <June 22nd, 2013> - please see the postings of June 22nd, 2013, on the page of Giambattista Lolli), White hastily resigns, of course ... |